στεφάν-η [ᾰ], ἡ,
(στέφω) anything that surrounds or encircles the head, etc., for defence or ornament:
__I brim of the helmet, βάλ᾽ ἔγχεϊ ὀξυόεντι αὐχέν᾽ ὑπὸ στεφάνης εὐχάλκου [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.12; σ. χαλκοβάρεια 11.96 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; the helmet itself, ἐπὶ στεφάνην κεφαλῆφιν ἀείρας θήκατο χαλκείην [[ 10.30, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.726f. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__I.2 as a woman's head-dress, diadem, coronal, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.597, “Hymni Homerici” 6.7, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 578, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1034 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; found on statues, [[ “IG” 22.1126.31 (Amphict. Delph., 4th c.BC); distinguished from στέφανος, in list of offerings, [prev. work]12.264.62, +others;] Refs 4th c.BC+] of men, δωρήσασθαι χρυσέῃ στεφάνῃ τὸν κυβερνήτην crown of honour, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.118 (variant for{χρυσέῳ στεφάνῳ})] Refs 5th c.BC+]; as a piece of outlandish luxury, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 968: _metaphorically_, of a city, ἀπὸ στεφάναν κέκαρσαι πύργων] Refs 5th c.BC+] thou hast been shorn of thy coronal of towers, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 910 (Lyric poetry), compare “Tr.” 784 (_anapaest meter_), “Anthologia Graeca” 9.97 (1st c.AD: Alpheus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2.b σ. τριχῶν the outer fringe of hair round bald or shaven crowns, as represented on comic masks, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.144, compare 2.40. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]